Aggressive Steelers hit all right notes in opening win

Washington Redskins running back Matt Jones (31) runs past the reach of Pittsburgh Steelers defensive end Stephon Tuitt (91) during the first half of an NFL football game in Landover, Md., Monday, Sept. 12, 2016. They held opponents under 100 yards rushing in 10 of their 16 regular-season games.

Quite honestly, fans and analysts should probably be more concerned when Roethlisberger goes deep on 3 or 4 downs when needing 3 or 4 yards for a first down. Rookie Anthony Lanier was inactive for the 38-16 setback. And if being in that spot is what it takes, then absolutely.

“He felt good about his circumstance after the game, but we’ll let the medical experts determine that and react accordingly”, Tomlin said.

The first came in the first quarter with Antonio Brown’s 29-yard touchdown reception on fourth-and-1 when the Steelers were well in field-goal range, and another on a 19-yard reception to Eli Rogers that led to the team’s second touchdown.

“It’s embarrassing because we’re a better football team than that”, Compton said. What are you going to do without Le’Veon? Defensively the Bengals allowed 340 yards and 22 points while recording 7 sacks and an interception.

Although both QBs didn’t play as well as they could, this game came down to the D-line and the O-line. Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey knocked the ball out of Kerrigan’s hands, and Roethlisberger dived on it at his own 13-yard line.

“That was my message to the guys (on Sunday night) in the offensive meeting”, Roethlisberger said.

“So I’m not going to lose faith in Breeland”. Reiter could be brought back as a practice squad player. Fort filled in for LB Ryan Shazier (knee) late. That organization may look to make a move with Reiter this time, according to a source. “We see what kind of coverage they’re in”.

While Breeland wasn’t able to be consistent in his play against, the Redskins understand that he’ll far more better days than not in the future.

Throughout the game, Norman stayed on his side of the field.

On a night where he was frequently matched up against All-Pro wide receiver Antonio Brown, Bashaud Breeland has his moments – including an interception – but it was a performance he wants to improve on moving forward. Instead, the Steelers managed to get the ball back, totally changing the field-position dynamic and denying Washington an easy opportunity to make it a two-possession game early.

Williams showed no signs of being 33 years old as he cut through Washington’s defence and kept the pressure off Roethlisberger, Brown and the Steelers’ passing game. “We were concerned about what it is we did”. Burns, the first-round pick, played just nine snaps, which is nine more than Gilbert, who was acquired last week from Cleveland. “When A.B.is on anybody, we like that matchup”. “It was a good, old-fashioned butt whooping”. He said afterward he was removed for precautionary reasons and pronounced himself fine. “We thought we were ready to compete”.